digital Marketing and social media for IMPACT

The name Treeshake is based on Nelson Mandela's Xhosa birthname, Rolihlahla, which means "tree shaker". Inspired by this legendary South African leader we support movements for change with a principled, inclusive approach to communications. Born digital, our core capability is online marketing and social media, supported by traditional PR and production.

Treeshake’s Mission and Impact Model.

Treeshake works on Campaigns for Change: limited duration communications projects that result in specific, measurable outcomes.

Our mission is to maximise Connection, Learning, and Involvement for our clients and campaign stakeholders. We pride ourselves on being able to make complex issues interesting, understandable, and shareable.

Thirst and Mina Guli achieved over 1 billion media impressions globally by using social media to drive pick-up from CNN, BBC, New York Times, Times of India, Daily Mail, and even Fox News.

Media24 launched W24 trending at #1 while securing an opt-in database of over 15000 young, black female influencers in South Africa in 4 weeks.

The OECD and the Western Cape Government hosted a behavioural insights conference and trended for two days in South Africa with #BI4Gov

Lewis Pugh secured global coverage for his #Antarctica2020 campaign - including coverage on Sky News, BBC, and the Guardian - which contributed significantly to the creation of the world’s largest marine protected area, The Ross Sea.

The Awethu Project achieved their 3 month funding goal in 24 hours with a firework campaign, and the support of South African celebrities

The World Economic Forum got “#Internet4All” trending multiple times on social media, acknowledged by the South African President, and formalised into a project to connect a further 22m citizens.